Anheuser-Busch INBEV SA (BUD) logo

Anheuser-Busch INBEV SA (BUD) stock

Beer brands , market cap $168B

$86.05
+1.13%

As of Tuesday's close · Live for Pro members at the open

Quality Score
15
Excellent
In its sector
#17of 122
Checks firing
7of 14
Trending up
From 52-week high
-0.6%
under its best in a year

BUD's Quality Score rose 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 15. Its typical score of the last 20 days reached 12.

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Why BUD ranks #245 of 3,146

Up 37% over the past year while the S&P 500 rose 12%.

  • A profit of $8.5B in the year to Dec 31, 2025, up 14% from $7.4B.

Sources: Price history, Nov 9, 2026; Quality Score, Nov 9, 2026

Key facts on BUD

Key facts on BUD
OutperformingUp 8% in 6 months vs the S&P's +2%
Latest filing20-F, Mar 3 Filed its annual report (20-F) for the year to Dec 31, 2025
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BUD in the news

Tue Nov 3Anheuser-Busch CEO to depart food dive and 4 more BUD closed −3.4% that day.

Big story

Mon Nov 2: Leadership

Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth exits brewer to lead luxury fitness company

BUD closed +4.5% that day.

Reported by bizjournals.com · covered by 9 outlets

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Outlet counts from the GDELT Project. The move is what BUD did that session, not a claim about why.

BUD catalysts

Coming up

After its last 4 reports it closed +3.1% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.

Why BUD scores 15

Excellentfor quality, not price, 7 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means

  • +7Chart checks 7 of 14 firing right now, one point each
  • +4Long-term trend above a rising 200-⁠day average, near its 52-⁠week high, at a multi-⁠year high
  • Size adds
  • Profit addsRead on the last four quarters against the four before, or the last full year where no quarters are filed.
  • Persistence adds

No effect today: Run-up, Growth, Dilution, Volatility, Cash flow, and News.

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How BUD ranks in Consumer Staples

BUD is #17 of 122 by Quality Score.

How BUD ranks in Consumer Staples
RankStockQuality Score
17Anheuser-Busch INBEV SA (BUD) logoBUDAnheuser-⁠Busch INBEV SA15

More in Consumer Staples

When does BUD report earnings, and what happens after?

Reports Thu Feb 18, before the open (in 100 days). Confirmed.

What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.

What BUD reported on Oct 29, 2026

The quarter

The figures are not read from the release yet.

The filing on EDGAR

Where the sales came from

BUD's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read. Its annual report gives the year's, in About.

The outlook

The outlook the company gave, by period
MeasureFigure
FY26
EBITDA growth4% to 8%

Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 29)

4 more outlook lines, for Pro members.

The numbers

Market value
$168B
today
Free cash flow
$14B
last 12 months

Sales grew 4.8% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.

3 more figures, for Pro members.

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The whole report on BUD: every line of its sales, every outlook beside the one it replaced, and the company's words, for Pro members.

Close after the report, last 3

+8.7%+1.5%-1.8%
May 5Jul 30Oct 29
ReportedGapReaction5
days
Oct 29, 2026Before open-1.8%-1.8%+3.3%
Jul 30, 2026Before open-1.1%+1.5%+0.4%
May 5, 2026Before open+7.8%+8.7%+8.1%

BUD closed higher after 3 of its last 4 reports.

All 4 reports, and BUD's Quality Score going into each

BUD sales and profit by year

Sales and profit by year

Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $59B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.

BUD has 7 of 14 chart checks firing

Volume1 of 3 shown
Tight range1 of 3 shown
Buying1 of 3 shown
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BUD RSI today: 61.8, above its 50-day and 200-day averages

Not scored

RSI 61.8, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.

The deep dive on BUD

8 more findings on BUD, each with its source, for Pro members.

Is BUD's dividend covered? What its financials say

Its dividends come to 19% of its free cash flow.

BUD's dividend against its free cash flow
Dividend$1.17 a share a year Paid over the last year; the amount varies
Paid outAbout $2.1B a year $1.17 a share on 1.8B shares, the count on its cover page as of Dec 31, 2025
Free cash flow$11B The last four quarters, to Dec 31, 2025

BUD insider trades

BUD trades by Congress and the executive branch

2 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:

SellKevin Hern$1K to $15KHousetraded Aug 18, disclosed Sep 1(14 days later)
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About Anheuser-Busch INBEV SA

Anheuser-Busch InBev is the largest brewer in the world and one of the top five consumer product companies by EBITDA. The company's portfolio contains six of the top 10 beer brands by volume, and we estimate it distributes 23 brands with retail sales over $1 billion. AB InBev was created by the 2008 merger of Belgium-based InBev and US-based Anheuser-Busch. The firm holds a 62% economic interest in Ambev, an 87% stake in Budweiser APAC, and in 2016 acquired SABMiller.

137,000 employeesab-inbev.com

What Anheuser-Busch INBEV SA says it competes with

“We believe our largest competitors are Heineken, China Resources, and Carlsberg based on information from IWSR as of January 2026.”

From its annual report, SEC filing · Mar 3, 2026

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BreakawayJul 21Alan Armstrong bought BUD$1K to $15K, disclosed Jul 21

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As of Nov 10, 2026: BUD's Quality Score is 15 (Excellent), #17 of 122 in Consumer Staples.

What does BUD's Quality Score say?

BUD scores 15 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent. It is #17 of 122 in Consumer Staples by Quality Score, with 7 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 37% over the past year while the S&P 500 rose 12%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.

What is BUD's Quality Score?

BUD scores 15 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent (15 to 19). That is #17 of 122 in Consumer Staples by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind BUD's 15.

When does BUD report earnings?

Reports Thu Feb 18, before the open, a date the company confirmed. BUD closed higher after 3 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.

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